Travertine Tile Repair A Simple Guide By Abbey Floor Care

Are you frustrated by holes appearing in your beautiful Travertine Floor?

Have you struggled with travertine tile repair using epoxy fillers or other kinds of filler, only to find that you can’t make it smooth without damaging the surrounding tile?

We will show you a quick and simple way of travertine tile repair, to fill the holes without having to deal with difficult epoxy and polyester fillers.

Epoxy Fillers are brilliant for travertine tile repair but you also need to have at hand:

grinding equipment

some sharp knife blades

chemicals to clean epoxy off tiles

and

most importantly experience in using all the equipment.

Thats fine for professionals such as here at Abbey Floor Care, but if you don’t do this kind of work you can land yourself in a heap of trouble.

Simple Way To Fill Holes in Travertine

You will need the following materials and equipment:

stainless steel tea spoon (available at azda)

disposable plastic breakfast bowl (available at azda)

thin protective gloves (packs are available at azda – again!)

soft microfiber cloths (packs available from B&Q)

small bag of Mapei Fine Grout (to best match the colour of your grout – e.g. Jasmine) this is best bought from your local Tile Giant – click here for a tile giant store locator. Make sure you ask for FINE or SUPER-FINE Mapei grout, it is much easier work with

dry vacuum cleaner

If the hole is dirty, clean it out as best as you can.

Put on a pair of protective gloves

Put one to three tea spoons of grout into the breakfast bowl and mix with a small amount of water so you have a thick custard consistency.

Once the grout has been mixed, leave it for a couple of minutes and then give it a final mix.

Use the teaspoon to fill the hole as best you can and smooth it off with your fingers or use the side of a plastic ruler and tamp the surface.

Leave the hole for ten to twenty minutes for the grout on the surface of the tile to dry ready for removal.

Use one of your dry microfiber cloths and gently wipe over the area, using just enough pressure to release the dried grout from the surface of the tile, but leave the grout in the hole.

Vacuum up the dust from around the hole.

You can make the surface of the travertine tile repair a little smoother by placing a piece of silver foil shiny side down or a clear plastic food bag onto the repair and patting it onto the surface.

Clean your mixing bowl and spoon and store away ready with your bag of grout for the next time.

On the next day remove the plastic or aluminium foil, get a damp cloth and rub the tile around the hole to remove any remaining residue.

There you are – you have made a hard wearing, long lasting travertine repair.

Following requests for a more detailed explanation of the process see here.

About David Allen

David is the owner and Chief Operator of Abbey Floor Care. Over the past 16+ years he has concentrated on all aspects of stone floor restoration throughout the UK; from marble polishing to quarry tile cleaning and sealing. He particularly enjoys the fact that every job is different with its own challenges (and frustrations!)